[ gpsdrive ] Clear Track Button

[Ross Scanlon]

On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:13:52 -0700 (PDT)
Hamish <hamish_b at yahoo.com> wrote:

> actually I think we can live without a "next" button if:
> 
> unchecking "Save" should write to disk immediately, close the
> track_$DATE_000.sav file, and free that memory. Upon re-checking
> the Save box a new track_001.sav should begin.

You can currently do this by quiting the program via the main menu but it's a real pain when travelling in a vehicle even when stopped.

A next button can be easily accessed whilst in a vehicle using a touch screen even whilst driving.

> * It is slightly dangerous to the data to simply overwrite rather than
> append the data to the GPX file. I have no good ideas for a solution, other
> than to follow the historic track_$DATE_000.sav, 001.sav, 002.sav, etc
> method or simply appending like track-ALL.sav does.

Date and number for the gpx files would be good, possibly even at a user configurable time period, eg every hour 

> > tooltips are usually a good way to clarify this, but on a
> > touchscreen controlled pc (in car mode) tooltips are more or less
> > useless...
> 
> font size or lack of hover-time issue?

Lack of hover time and trying to use whilst driving.

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 Regards
 Ross